In Reply to: John Marks recommends seven post-1950 compositions on Stereophile's "Audiostream" satellite site posted by John Marks on July 8, 2017 at 14:40:24:
I kind of agree with jdaniel that almost any new music can be shoe-horned into some kind of neo-something-or-other, so I wouldn't autmatically eliminate neo-Romantic music, or neo-neo-classic music! I'd HAVE to include Joaquin Rodrigo, even though his Concierto de Aranjuez from 1939 (with that slow movement which now always evokes "the fine Corinthian leather"!) doesn't make the chronological cut. But a lot of his other popular works do: FantasÃa para un gentilhombre (1954), Concierto madrigal for two guitars (1966), Concierto Andaluz for four guitars (1967), etc., etc. You've just gotta include Rodrigo! ;-)
I also agree with jdaniel's inclusion of something by Ligeti - especially, in my view, his Etudes from the 1990's, which have really seemed to be taken up by a lot of pianists these days. Maybe you could say that some of Ligeti's music is neo-Bartok, while some of his tone-cluster music (the choral works in "2001") might be neo-Ives. (Why do I like Ligeti so much better than I do Ives though?)
How 'bout neo-Jazz as classical music? Kapustin swears he's not a jazz composer, but his music sure sounds like jazz to me - to be specific, as one critic cleverly put it, a cross between Sergei Liapunov and Oscar Peterson!
As for Hovhaness, I really like that Reiner recording of Mysterious Mountain you picked, but I get even more of a kick out his Mt. St. Helens Symphony, the third movement of which ("The Eruption") never fails to put a smile on my face! I also love Hovhaness' harp and guitar music with harpist Yolanda Kondonassis on a Telarc SACD.
I see you also have some music by Takemitsu on your list. For about the last year or so, oldmkvi has been trying to get me to like Takemitsu, and I'm so not there yet! Maybe I just haven't "cracked the code" yet - LOL!
Glad to see Arvo Part on your list - I like a lot of what I've heard by Part too. (Sorry, our server says, "No umlauts today!") I'd probably go with one of his choral works though - maybe the "De Profundis" from 1980.
Finally, I also applaud you for omitting any music by Stockhausen from your list! ;-)
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Follow Ups
- I'd say that's a pretty darned good list - Chris from Lafayette 16:32:35 07/08/17 (19)
- Them's Fighting' Words... - oldmkvi 08:33:54 07/09/17 (3)
- "Enjoy your lack of Stockhausen, while it lasts..." - Chris from Lafayette 10:03:10 07/09/17 (2)
- Kontakte is good and wears well, IMHO. Nt - jdaniel@jps.net 12:54:30 07/09/17 (0)
- Umm, I know she wants me... - oldmkvi 10:41:46 07/09/17 (0)
- Wow! We agree on some things, though I'm not sure I'd put Takemitsu at the top, as much as I enjoy his music, - jdaniel@jps.net 22:10:13 07/08/17 (0)
- Oh wait! Prokofiev's Seventh Symphony was completed in 1952! - Chris from Lafayette 16:37:37 07/08/17 (13)
- RE: Oh wait! Prokofiev's Seventh Symphony was completed in 1952! - Botanico92007 16:04:14 07/09/17 (3)
- Actually, I have the CD reissue of that Malko performance - Chris from Lafayette 00:49:18 07/10/17 (2)
- RE: Actually, I have the CD reissue of that Malko performance - Botanico92007 13:40:36 07/10/17 (1)
- Fantastic - I love your inclusion of those old pre-recorded tape box covers! [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 14:25:54 07/10/17 (0)
- Oh well, our harmony was nice while it lasted. I like the 7th, but a masterpiece? It makes me sad when I - jdaniel@jps.net 22:11:31 07/08/17 (2)
- BTW, the Seventh Symphony was ballerina Galina Ulanova's favorite work by Prokofiev [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 00:09:43 07/09/17 (0)
- Then you haven't heard it with its happy ending! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 23:54:52 07/08/17 (0)
- Thanks for reminding me... - Jim Treanor 20:00:58 07/08/17 (3)
- What? You don't like the happy ending? - Chris from Lafayette 21:23:23 07/08/17 (2)
- I disagree...respectfully, of course - Jim Treanor 21:40:37 07/08/17 (1)
- It's somewhat complex IMHO - Chris from Lafayette 00:03:55 07/09/17 (0)
- OK, that's ONE post-1950 composition worth listening to... - Ivan303 17:03:54 07/08/17 (1)
- Sorry, missed the Copland in there... - Ivan303 17:06:28 07/08/17 (0)